Israel Foreign Affairs News

​All nations are threatened by the forces of terror. The terrorists see us, all of us, as one. We must fight them as one. And I want to pledge to you one thing: We can defeat them; we will defeat … [Read More...]

​President Rivlin: "We must all stand strong together and say in a loud and clear voice that above all else, we will fight terrorism and its supporters in any place they may try and reach and in … [Read More...]

​PM Netanyahu: I’m absolutely delighted with the fact that the cooperation we have with Ethiopia and so many other African countries is consolidating into the recognition that all African … [Read More...]

Following is the corrected version of the Joint Declaration of the Regional Summit on Counter-Terrorism that was issued on Monday, 4 July 2016, in Entebbe, Uganda: "At the invitation of His … [Read More...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara landed in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his wife welcomed them at the airport along with an honor guard of over 100 soldiers. … [Read More...]

IDF News

Sometimes the best strategy to combat a threat is to face it head on – with double the manpower. Yahalom, the unit of the IDF (Zahal) Combat Engineering Corps that specializes in underground … [Read More...]

IAF News

Lt. Col. Shlomi and Lt. Rom, a father and son that serve together in Tel-Nof AFB told the IAF Magazine about their different platforms, their journey in the IAF and the rivalry between their divisions … [Read More...]

Four months after taking off for the USA, the “Golden Eagle” Squadron’s aircrews have returned from F-35I conversion training. After 32 simulator sorties, the pilots are “ready for a sortie on the … [Read More...]

Israeli Daily News Summary

​The Jerusalem Post berates the US State Department and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for their criticism of Israel’s building plans in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and asserts: “The expansion of Jerusalem’s neighborhoods to accommodate the city’s growing population is a matter for the municipality’s urban planners. It is not the concern of third parties, such as the State Department, whose (yet another) uninformed knee-jerk reaction underlies a misconstrued support for the Palestinian Authority narrative, which negates Israeli sovereignty to begin with.”

Haaretz discusses the discrimination against unmarried women and men, especially same-sex couples, who are not permitted to use surrogate mothers, and notes: “it is important to grant same-sex couples access to surrogacy in Israel, not only abroad, where they are forced to go to use it today. The attorney general would do well to adopt a stand saying that discrimination against same-sex couples regarding surrogacy is also wrong, not only discrimination against single mothers.”

Yediot Aharonot is concerned that Israel seems may soon be dragged into another publicly contentious prisoner exchange with Hamas, and states: “Had the Israel government accepted the recommendations of the 2011 captives redemption commission, those who negotiate with Hamas these days wouldn’t have the authority to offer it more than 6–10 live Palestinian prisoners in return for the Israelis they hold.” The author believes that “The price Israel pays for captives has to be widely agreed upon,” and asks: “Why, five years after the commission concluded its proceedings, is the prime minister still refusing to accept its conclusions?”

Israel Hayom contends that the while military victory over the Islamic State is important, the key factor to defeating it is by “breaking down Islamic State’s successful brand name and its reputation as the head of the global jihad movement.”

Globes states that with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s trip to Africa, Israel’s long neglected diplomacy has finally come to the fore and declares: “Israel is now emerging as a diplomatic powerhouse, along with its other well-known international assets.”